Combined reclining chair and couch



June 113, 1944. cQ us ETAL 2,351,222

COMBINED RECLINING CHAIR AND COUCH Filed Dec. 7, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 13, 1944. c. MUSKIN ETAL 2,351,222

COMBINED RECLINING 'CHAIR AND COUCH 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 7, 1942 INVENi'ORSj 3- a Patented June 13, 1944 COMBINED. RECLINING CHAIR AND. COUCH CharlesMuskin and Benjamin Sheinman, New York, N6 Y.

ApplicationDecember 7, 1942, Serial No. 468.074.

7 Claims.

This invention relates to. chairs.

Our invention contemplates the provisionof a chair which may be adjusted sothat the back thereof is arranged at' a selected. inclination as the seat, is concurrently extended infront of the chair to'constitilte a legrest. and to thereby convert' the chair from the conventional'typeto the kind usually referredto as. a. recliningchair.

Our invention in. addition. contemplates the provision, of such a. chair which, upon further adjustment, constitutes a couch or bed.

Other and'further'objectsand advantages of our invention will be clear from the description:

which follows. and the. drawings. appended thereto in which.

Fig.1 is. aplan view ofa chair, according; to our invention, showing. in dotted lines the seat and. back member in couch forming position;

Fig. 2. is. a side elevation thereof, showing in dottedlines, different adjusted positions of various.elements,.the.side of the. chair partially broken away to. show the locking. mechanism.

'Fig. 3'. is a. fragmentary side elevation of the locking mechanism.

Fig. 4 is asection. on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary side elevation of the backmember'connection.

Fig. 6 isa. view on the line 6-6 of' Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a view on the; line 1---'| ofr Fig. 6. Fig. 81s a rear. elevationof the chair.

Fig..9-is asideelev-ation of the chair in-normalor closed form..

Referring noW- to: therdrawings we provide the preferably upholstered seat [0 and back. member l2 between the: upholstered sides I 4, which provide conventionalv arm; rests.

The frame of the chair comprises the cross members l6 and the side supports l8, to which may be secured the rear uprights 20, terminating in the rear chair legs 22, and the front uprights 24, terminating in the front chair legs 26. The supports or side members i8 and the uprights 2|] and 24 may be made in the manner well known in the art to constitute the frame of the chair and are covered with upholstery in the conventional manner to form the sides of the chair and the arm rests.

The seat In comprises a frame formed by the cross member 28, which is secured at each side to a side member 30, the seat being carried for sliding movement on the support members i8; 9. side member 30 arranged directly above a corresponding support or side member I8 of the chair frame and the seat cross members 28 being undercut to form a channel or groove in which the support l8 rides as the seat l0" ismovedl for. adjustable. positioning.

The verticalside. members 32 of the: frame.

forming. the member I2 are. each. pivotally secured at their. lower ends to. a seat side member 30 by the pin. 35 and at. their upper ends to. the pivot. pin 38, which. rides in a. slot, 40, formed in a rear upright 20.

To adjust the chair fron'rits normal conventional form, as illustrated in Fig. 9, to a reclining form as illustrated by, the dotted linesof Figs. 1 and 2,,the seat Iflis pulled forward, the seat sliding on the. supports l8 and the pivot pins 3'8v on which the upper part of the-back.member is pivotally mounted riding. down. in theslot 40.,- the. back thereby moved. into. the position illustratedrat. 44 by the dotted lines of. Fig. 2.

For conveniencelin. pulling the: chair forward, a-pull. ring. 43vmay be loosely hung on the, front of the seat and inorder to fix the positions into which the seat maybe pulled, we provide; in. the

top, faceof each support member l8, apluralityof spaced depressions or recesses. 48 into any one of which thebutton or finger 5|] on a corresponding side member is brought, upon pulling. the seat. l0 forward, to thereby removablyfix it. in the. position. selected;

The recesses or depressions 48 are bevelled so:

that the finger or button will with comparative ease ride into or out of anyone of them in which. it may be positioned as theseat is pulled forwardv or. pushed. backward.

It will be. recognized that the movement of thepivot pins38 inthe slots40. is limited by the.

shoulders. 52. and. 54- at each end. of a slot. The

maximumdistance. at which the seat It): can be pulled out and the corresponding maximum inposition, the back I2 is. also forced back to its original substantially vertical position by the action of both pivot pins 36 and 38, being brought home when further movement of the pin 38 is stopped against the upper shoulder 54.

When the seat l0 is pulled forward so that it extends a selected distance outwardly of the chair, the forward end 56 thereof (Fig. 2) serves as a leg rest. In this position, the weight of a person or object thereon may cause the rear end of the seat (at the pins 36) to be raised away from the support members l8.

vent inadvertent raising of the inner end of the seat.

In order to convert the chair into acouch or bed, it is constructed so that the back member may, if desired, be rotated about the pins 36 into the position illustrated by the dotted lines. of Fig. 2, as will be further described.

Referring now to Figs. 5 to 8, in order to permit removal of the pivot pins 38 from the slots 40, in which they are moved, when the back member I2 is rotated downwardly between the sides of the chair into horizontal position in the same plane as the seat II], we secure the rear Wall 68 of each slot 40 to a corresponding rear upright 20, as by means of the hinge 10, so that it may be rotated thereonfrom the closed position illustrated in Fig. 5 into the open slot position illustrated in Fig. 6.

To look the rear wall 68 of a slot 40 in closed position, we provide releasable wall holding means such as the latch 12 ivotally secured to an upright adjacent a slot 40, by the pin M, on which it may be rotated from wall holding position illustrated in Fig. 5 to wall releasing position illustrated in Fig. 6.

Referring now to Fig. 2, the seat l0 may be pulled forward, the slots 4!] opened and the back member 12 rotated about the pins 36 as shown by the arrow 16 into the position illustrated at 64, or the slots 40 opened when the seat is in normal position and the back member rotated about the pins 36 as shown by the arrow 18 into the position illustrated at 66.

When the back member I2 is rotated into the horizontal position illustrated it forms a continuation of the seat In to constitute a couch orbed between the sides It, the catch or hook member 60 arresting upward movement of both seat and back.

To support the back member l2 when it is arranged in horizontal position to form the couch or bed, we pivotally secure a leg 80, preferably on each pivot pin 38. The legs 80 are each normally held in non-usable position against the back member 12 by a releasable means such as the latch 82, which is secured to an upright 20 adjacent the leg by a pin 84.

Prior to rotating the back member l2 into couch forming position, the latches 82 are unhooked to release the legs to assume the supporting position illustrated in Fig. 2.

It will be seen that we have provided a chair so constructed and arranged that upon extending the seat thereof in front of the chair, the back of the chair is concurrently arranged at an inclination, the magnitude of which is related to the distance which the seat extends from the chair.

It will be further apparent that we have provided such a chair which upon further adjustment may be converted into a couch or bed.

We claim:

1. In a chair, a seat, means for slidably carrying the seat between the sides of the chair, a pair of separated uprights, each upright having a slot therein, a pin in each slot for movement therein and a back member between the uprights and pivotally connected at its lower end to the seat and at its upper end to the pins, a wall of the slot being hinged to the uprightfor opening and closing the slot. j

2. The chair of claim 1 an'dincluding a releasable means for locking eachwall in slot closing position. V

3. The chair of claim 1 and including a leg pivotally mounted'on each pin.

4. The chair of claim 1 and including a leg pivotably mounted on each pin and releasable means for locking each leg in nonoperative position.

5. The chair of claim I and including releasable means for locking each wall in slot closing position, a leg pivotably mounted on each pin and releasable means for locking each legin nonoperative position.

6. In a chair having sides, a seat, means slidably mounting saidseat between said sides, each side having a slot therein, a pin movable in the slot, and a back member pivotally connected at its lower end to the seat and at its upper end to the pins, each slot having a wall thereof hinged to a chair side for opening and closing the slot.

7. In a chairhaving sides, a seat, means slidably mounting said seat between said sides, each side having a slot therein, a pin movable in the slot, and a back member pivotally connected at its lower end to the seat and at its upper end to the pins, each slot having a'wall' thereof hinged to a chair side for opening and closing the slot, and releasable means forlocking the wall in slot closing position.

CHARLES MUSKIN. BENJAMIN SHEINMAN. 

